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Mesoscale Discussion 2169

August 16, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 57 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 7 more	2 hr
Aug 16, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane and 8 more	6 hr
Aug 16, 12:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington and 8 more	2 hr
Aug 16, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Saint Joseph and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.